Xavier Sala i Martín

Xavier Sala i Martin is the J. and M. Grossman Professor of Economic Development at Columbia University in the city of New York. He earned his PhD in Economics at Harvard University in 1990.He previously taught at Yale University, Harvard University and UPF in Barcelona. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and Chief Economic Advisor to the Centre for Global Competitiveness at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. His research interests include Economic Growth and Development and Macroeconomics.